Anti-tank dog

spangy · 12-10-2020, 12:13 AM

I had heard of the use of dolphins trained and used as mines by the US Navy years ago.
I had no idea if that was true or not but i could see it.

The other day I was offered a deal on a streaming site called Curiosity Stream.
https://curiositystream.com/
Its a documentary streaming site and covers everything you can think of for $15 / year ... I couldn't resist.

The first thing I watched was a 6 part series on WW1. In part 3 they were covering the Germans trying to capture Stalingrad. They covered the dogs being used as mines by the Russians .... with actual footage of poor little pups blowing themselves to pieces under German tanks hoping to be fed .... It was heartbreaking to watch.

I love dogs and was deeply affected as I lost my dog of 14 yrs just 3 yrs ago.
It got me doing research into the disgusting use of our best friends as weapons.
There is a lot of information out there on the subject and I thought others might want to know of this atrocity.

War IS HELL that much is certain and I wonder if we will ever truly learn.

Mark1 · 12-10-2020, 03:08 AM

It was a very bad time for animals, as well as people, on both sides of the eastern front in WW2.
It's well documented that the 200,000 survivors of the German 6th Army trapped at Stalingrad, faced starvation. By the first week of January 1943 they had eaten all 23,000 of their draught horses, some thousand or so bullocks and camels and all 600 of the military police dogs. Total losses of Wehrmacht horses during the failed Stalingrad campaign was over 150,000 animals.
That the German Army of the Nazi era was so dependent on draught animals was a surprise to me.

4 Scale · 12-10-2020, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark1

That the German Army of the Nazi era was so dependent on draught animals was a surprise to me.

I was also surprised to learn this. I've learned that 80% of German Army transport during WWII was by horse.

I was further surprised when I learned that German pistol production was on allocation to their service branches from the beginning of re-armament in 1933 to the end of the war.

The reason this information surprised me was, I had been taught in school that one of the reasons the U.S. entered WWII was to prevent the Germans from taking over the world. Reliance on horses and a shortage of pistols seemed odd for an adversary with such ambitions.

JONABI · 12-11-2020, 06:40 AM

I saw a documentary about ten years ago, and yes dolphin were trained to carry magnetic mines and to "attach" them on the hull of enemy boat

JONABI · 12-11-2020, 06:45 AM

I saw a documentary about ten years ago, and yes dolphin were trained to carry magnetic mines and to "attach" them on the hull of enemy boat
"All wars are Bankers wars"

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12-10-2020, 12:13 AM	#1
spangy Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 628 Thanks: 3,176 Thanked 1,067 Times in 436 Posts	I had heard of the use of dolphins trained and used as mines by the US Navy years ago. I had no idea if that was true or not but i could see it. The other day I was offered a deal on a streaming site called Curiosity Stream. https://curiositystream.com/ Its a documentary streaming site and covers everything you can think of for $15 / year ... I couldn't resist. The first thing I watched was a 6 part series on WW1. In part 3 they were covering the Germans trying to capture Stalingrad. They covered the dogs being used as mines by the Russians .... with actual footage of poor little pups blowing themselves to pieces under German tanks hoping to be fed .... It was heartbreaking to watch. I love dogs and was deeply affected as I lost my dog of 14 yrs just 3 yrs ago. It got me doing research into the disgusting use of our best friends as weapons. There is a lot of information out there on the subject and I thought others might want to know of this atrocity. War IS HELL that much is certain and I wonder if we will ever truly learn.

12-10-2020, 03:08 AM	#2
Mark1 User Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 72 Thanks: 332 Thanked 74 Times in 25 Posts	It was a very bad time for animals, as well as people, on both sides of the eastern front in WW2. It's well documented that the 200,000 survivors of the German 6th Army trapped at Stalingrad, faced starvation. By the first week of January 1943 they had eaten all 23,000 of their draught horses, some thousand or so bullocks and camels and all 600 of the military police dogs. Total losses of Wehrmacht horses during the failed Stalingrad campaign was over 150,000 animals. That the German Army of the Nazi era was so dependent on draught animals was a surprise to me.

12-11-2020, 06:40 AM	#4
JONABI User Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Québec, Canada Posts: 36 Thanks: 57 Thanked 15 Times in 7 Posts	I saw a documentary about ten years ago, and yes dolphin were trained to carry magnetic mines and to "attach" them on the hull of enemy boat

12-11-2020, 06:45 AM	#5
JONABI User Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Québec, Canada Posts: 36 Thanks: 57 Thanked 15 Times in 7 Posts	I saw a documentary about ten years ago, and yes dolphin were trained to carry magnetic mines and to "attach" them on the hull of enemy boat "All wars are Bankers wars"